How common is the surname Slocum?

9,102 people in the United States had the surname Slocum in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 33,921 Americans. It ranked 3,899th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Slocum?

Joshua Slocum, American navigator and maritime writer (1844-1909).

Where is the surname Slocum most common?

Wikidata records people named Slocum in the United States.

How do you pronounce Slocum?

Slocum is /ˈsləʊkəm/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Slocum getting more or less common?

More common. 8,904 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,102 in 2010, up 2.2%.

The surname Slocum

A surname, carried by 9,102 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈsləʊkəm/ 2 syllables Soundex S425

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Slocum is more common than 97.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 9,102 people named Slocum in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 33,921 Americans. That is up 2.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,904.

#3,899

rank among US surnames

9,102

people in 2010

3.1

per 100,000 Americans

+2.2%

change since 2000 (was #3,667)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,890	Jang	9,125	33,835
#3,891	Avina	9,122	33,846
#3,893	Cordell	9,119	33,857
#3,894	Gingerich	9,117	33,865
#3,895	Forster	9,116	33,869
#3,896	Olivera	9,108	33,898
#3,897	Melgar	9,106	33,906

Who is named Slocum

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

86% of people named Slocum identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.3% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 86%
Black (not Hispanic) 9.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Slocums

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Joshua Slocum
American navigator and maritime writer (1844-1909)

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Slocombe
Slocumb

Slocum has the Soundex code S425, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S425.

Questions

How common is the surname Slocum?: 9,102 people in the United States had the surname Slocum in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 33,921 Americans. It ranked 3,899th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Slocum?: In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Slocum identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Slocum?: Joshua Slocum, American navigator and maritime writer (1844-1909).
Where is the surname Slocum most common?: Wikidata records people named Slocum in the United States.
How do you pronounce Slocum?: Slocum is /ˈsləʊkəm/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Slocum getting more or less common?: More common. 8,904 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,102 in 2010, up 2.2%.
What are other spellings of Slocum?: Slocombe and Slocumb.